Washington Tribune, 135
Wender, Doc, 222
Westlake, Waldon, 200, 227
Wilber, Del, 216
Wilder, Lawrence Douglas, 218–19, 221, 222, 223–24
Wilkins, Roy, 77
Williams, Marvin, 136
Williams, Ted, 51, 80, 101, 102, 204, 210, 237, 240, 246
Willis, Bill, 33–34
Wilson, August, 226
Winchell, Walter, 76
Woodward, Stanley, 94–96, 96–97, 99, 100
World Series, 44, 114, 136, 153, 189, 190, 209, 212, 225, 227, 245, 268
celebrations leading to, 232–33, 234–35
media coverage of, 235–36, 238–40, 243, 245, 246, 252, 257–58, 261
of 1940, 247
of 1941, 237, 248–49
of 1946, 92, 220, 222
of 1947, 5, 238–62, 273
of 1955, 269
of 1971, 274
of 1972, 274
World War II, 14, 22, 73, 80, 138, 155, 177
WPA Guide to Cincinnati, 124
Wright, Richard, 86, 123–24
Wrigley, Phil, 205
Wrigley Field, 141, 142, 181
Wyse, Hank, 101
Yankee Stadium, 79, 81, 153, 192, 208, 236, 238, 239, 240, 243, 244, 246, 256, 260
York, Rudy, 208
Young, Dick, 86, 96, 144, 153, 162, 165, 195, 197, 198–202, 221, 227, 230, 244, 252
background of, 198–99
inflammatory columns of, 199
JR overlooked by, 200–202
writing style of, 199–200
Young, Fay, 20–21, 53, 142, 235, 264
Zanuck, Darryl F., 114
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